The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump's administration to immediately enforce a policy ⁠restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons in a rare win for transgender rights at the nation's ​top judicial body.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison. An executive order by President Donald Trump had called on the Bureau of Prisons to revise its medical care policies so that federal funds aren’t spent “for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the U.S. government as they ramp up efforts to

He ⁠will hold talks in the former Russian ⁠imperial capital a day after meeting Ukrainian ⁠President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Oslo. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Witkoff's meeting with Zelenskiy was positive ⁠and that Witkoff would share the results with Russia.

President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin official

Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev greets US special envoy Steve Witkoff upon his arrival at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2026. Obtain

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin would be ready to resume trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine peace talks after mid-November, at the request of US special envoy Steve Witkoff who met with Putin for around three hours Wednesday.

The national political environment is bleak for Republicans. Americans broadly disapprove of economic conditions under the Trump administration, with three-quarters rating the economy as fair or poor.

President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday.

For Republicans, losing control of either chamber could complicate Trump’s agenda in the last two years of his term.

President Trump is on defense this November as polling shows Americans are frustrated with his policies. MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard, Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, Executive Editor of The Nation John Nichols and Senior Advisor to The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens join Katy Tur to  weigh in.

President Donald Trump suggests Rep. Ilhan Omar could face jail or deportation over an ongoing investigation after a federal raid of her house.

Federal investigators questioned Rep. Ilhan Omar's sister after searching the congresswoman's home, a source familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.

Fox News Justice correspondent David Spunt and Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn join ‘America Reports’ to discuss Rep. Ilhan Omar’s DNA being obtained in a federal immigration probe and DOJ subpoenas sent to Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner.

Federal agents interviewed Rep. Ilhan Omar's sister last week. DNA samples and a seized passport are now central to the immigration fraud investigation.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has slammed what he called “stupid comments” from some world leaders over the recent protests sweeping the country, after his US counterpart Donald Trump claimed migrants were fueling the unrest.

The French President pushed back at foreign leaders “using our country for their own political campaigns,” saying that some remarks about the riots were “as unacceptable as they are stupid.”

President Emmanuel Macron hit out on Wednesday at what he called “unacceptable and stupid” comments by foreign leaders, including Donald Trump, about the riots in France allegedly being carried out by migrants.

French President Emmanuel Macron has criticised foreign leaders for making what he called "unacceptable and even stupid comments" about recent unrest in France.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has freed Michigan native Stephen Hubbard, who had been imprisoned since 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, President Donald Trump announced on Monday, Oct. 21. Hubbard,

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meet Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian leader’s hometown of St. Petersburg. Trump has previously said the U.S. was seeking to free a “hostage” from Russia but hadn’t confirmed the person’s identity until Tuesday.

American Stephen Hubbard has been released from Russian custody after Trump urged Putin to free the retired teacher imprisoned on Ukraine mercenary charges.

The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.